αὐτοκτόνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=αὐτοκτόνον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[self-slaying]], [[self-killing]], [[χεὶρ αὐτοκτόνος]] = [[self-slaying hand]], of [[Medea]], [[who slew her own children]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1254 (lyr.). Adv. [[αὐτοκτόνως]] = [[with one's own hand]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1635.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[slaying one another]], χέρες Id.''Th.''810; [[θάνατος αὐτοκτόνος]] = [[mutual death by each other's hand]], ib.681; [[δῶρα αὐτοκτόνα]] = [[gifts that bring death]] ''AP''7.152 (Leont.). [[ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων]] = [[the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands]], Aeschylus, ''Seven Against Thebes'', 805. Adv. [[αὐτοκτόνως]] A.''Th.''734 (lyr.).